Improvement in fliers for spinning-machines



0. AT WOOD. Flyer for Spinning-Machines.

Patented Sept. 16 I879.

N. PErERS. PHOTO UTHOGRA .UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ORLO ATWOOD, OF NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN FLIERS FOR SPINNING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 219,670, datedSeptember 16, 1879 application filed January 24, 1879.

city and county of New London, in the State.

ofOonnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFliers'for Spinning- Machines,of which the following is afull, clear,

and exact description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to fliers especially intended for spinning silk,which can also be employed for spinning other fibrous material; and theinvention consists in a flier constructed from a single piece of wire,which is bent to form an upper eyed arm and alower lateral eyed arm, andbent and coiled at two points between the said eyed arm to form an upperand a lower annular bearing-ring, all of which will be fully hereinafterdescribed.

The invention also consists in atip or holder adapted to rest over theend of the spindle, and constructed with reduced cylindrical endbearings, combined with the flier, formed with an eye or eyes and upperand lower annular bearing-rin gs, adapted to the said end journals, ashereinafter specified.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a View in perspectiveof a flier constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a side View of said flier arranged loose upon its tip orholder, and Fig. 3 a like View of the flier arranged loose upon thespindle, with the tip or holder (shown in section) between the bearingsof the flier.

A is the flier, made of a single piece of wire bent to form the upperarm, I), which has the usual central eye, 0, for the thread at the upperend of the flier, and further bent to form the lateral arm d, having theusual eye 6 at its lower end, for the thread, as it is taken from thebobbin, cop, or quill on the spindle, to pass through. These eyes 0 ande are formed by simply coiling the ends of the arms. Furthermore, thesame piece of wire which forms the arms b and d, with their eyes 0 ande, is bent and coiled to form upper and lower bear ingsfg, having thetip or holderB of the flier within or between them.

The said bearings f and 9 may be arranged either loosely around reducedend portions h i of the tip or holder, which form journals for the saidbearings, as shown in Fig. 2, or may be fitted loosely around thespindle (l itself, as shown-in Fig. 3.

By arranging the flier with its bearings f g loose around a tip orholder which is placed tightly on the spindle, as in Fig. 2, it may bemore readily placed on and removed from the spindle than when saidbearings are arranged loose around the spindle, as in Fig. 3, with thetip or.holder B fast on the spindle between them. I

y A flier constructed of a single piece of wire, with its bearings madeout of the wire itself, as described, is less expensive, and may be morereadily applied in its place and removed than fliers in which the armsand eyes made of one or more pieces are secured to a block or holderwhich revolves on the spindle.

I claim 1. A flier consisting of a single piece of wire bent to form anupper eyed arm and a lower lateral eyed arm, and bent and coiled at twopoints between the said eyed arms to form an upper and lower annularbearing ring, substantially as shown and described, for the purposedescribed.

2. The tip or holder B, constructed with the reduced cylindrical endjournals h and i,in combination with the flier formed with the eye oreyes, and the upper and lower annular bearing-rings f g, adapted to thejournals h 43, substantially as shown and described.

ORLO ATWOOD.

Witnesses:

HENRY '1. BROWN, T. J. KEANE.

